As soon as the elusive Xie Chen left, everyone in the dorm began to sense that something was off.
"Senior Brother, did we get hit by something?" Chenyue scratched her head.
"Hit by what? A trap?!" Feng Qing snapped. "You idiot, no matter what we got hit by, there's no way he can win!"
"What if—I mean, just what if—he gets lucky and actually wins?" a disciple nearby asked cautiously. "Are we really going to honor the bet? I've got a feeling that whatever he wants us to do won't be easy!"
Feng Qing's expression changed.
To be honest, he had the same feeling.
Especially after agreeing to it, he regretted it deeply.
Daoists believed in mysticism to begin with.
Their sixth sense was especially sharp.
Usually, in situations like this, a divination would yield a terrible omen.
But what could they do now? They had already said it. They could only have faith in the teachers at their own Dao Academy.
"Then we'll honor the bet. We made wishes and swore oaths, after all. We have to respect karma, right?" Feng Qing waved a hand. "Dismissed, dismissed. Gather at the ritual grounds later."
The news that Xie Chen was challenging the entire Six-Platform Mountain Dao Academy by himself had barely spread from the livestream when, within an hour, the entire internet erupted.
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#AreLawAndMysticismConnected#
#NotBeingThereInPersonWillBeMyLife'sGreatestRegret#
#VillainsVarietyKeepsGettingMoreExcitingImABumpkinAndILoveIt#
Similar topics occupied more than half the trending list, and the comments numbered in the tens of thousands.
Director Li stared at the livestream's viewer count on the monitor, grinning from ear to ear. "We'll probably break the all-time record today!"
"Xie Chen is practically a genius. This mission is brilliant!"
The planner beside him sighed as well. "How did I not think of this? Was my vision too narrow?! They just